Fish lure



' April 22, 1947. P. SLOUGH 2,419,295. j

FISH LURE Filed Aug. 15, 1945 IN VEN TOR. PH/L LIP .51'. OUGH BY @al y ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 22, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FISH LURE Phillip Slough, Detroit, Mien.

Application August 13, 1945, Serial No. 610,416

2 Claims.

This invention relates to iish bait, and has visionof a device of the character referred to in which one of the hooks remains in fixed position at all times With reference to the body, whereas the other hook is movable to expose the points and the barbs of both hooks.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent; as the description proceeds, reference being made from time to time to the accompanying drawings forming part of the Within disclosure, in which drawings:

' Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the trated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken substan-` tially on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. y Referring now more particularly to the drawings, it will be understood that in the vembodiment herein disclosed, my improved ish lure condevice illusn sists of a body i which may be made of wood, 'r

plastic, or other suitable material.

The body 'I is rpreferablyl curved as shown in Fig. 2 and is provided Vat'the head With a concave section 8, and tapers toward the tail as at 9.

The body 'I is slotted as at ID to accommodate the fish hooks I I and I2 which kare secured therein by means of a pin I3 which extends through the eyes I5 and ISA of the hooks. The hook I2 is free to pivot on the pin I3 whereas the hook I I is secured in xed position by means of the pin I4 (Fig. 2). The hook I2 is provided with a counter-weight I6 which provides a low center of gravity and assists in causing the bait to remain in Vertical position as shown in Fig. 2 when it is in the water.

Although the hook I I remains in i-lxed position, the hook I2 is adapted to pivot on the pin I3 and under the influence of the spring I 1, and normally assumes the position as shown in Fig. 2, in which the points and barbs of the hooks II and I2 are substantially shielded by means of the curved portions of the hooks.

When the shank of the hook I 2 is struck by the iish, the shank of the hook I2 moves toward the shank of the hook I I, therebyV exposing the points and barbs of both hooks.

The spring member I'I is formed of a continuous length of piano wire or other suitable matef Q rial, and is secured at one end to the hook II as at i8 and is bent about the pin I3 and extends through a bore I9 formed in the body 'I, and has a return bend and a rebend around the pin I3, and is secured at the other end to the hook I2 as at 29.

The bend of the spring member I1 which protrudes from the bore I9 serves as an eye 2|, whereby the iish lure may be secured to a fish line.

When in use, the device is drawn through the water into the position shown in Fig. 2, in which positionit Will be noted that the points of the fish hooks II and I2 are substantially concealed within the curved portions of the hooks.

when e fish strikes' the bait, it will take the beit 1. In a device of the4 character indicated, the

combination of an arcuatebody member, a slot in one yend of said body, a boreA extending from said slot to the opposite end of said body, ishy hooks mounted in said slot, one of said hooks beingheld against movement, the other hook being adapted to pivot toward said iirst hook, and a spring member secured to said pivotable hook, one portion of said spring member beingY extended through said bore to provide attaching means.

2. In a .device of the character described, the

combination 'of a slotted body, having a bore ex-V tending from the slot to the opposite end of said body, a pair of fish hooks having their points normally positioned adjacent to one another, one .of said hooks having a weight thereon and being pvote'd for movement toward said other hook, and spring means for normally urging the free endof said pivoted hook in a direction away from said body, said spring means having a portion eX- tending through said bore adapted to serve as'attaching means.r

PHILLIP SLOUGH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES .PATENTS Number Name Date 1,379,422 Thorsten May 24, 1921 2,381,231 Spear ;---i Aug. '7, 1945 2,403,202 Woodward July 2, 1946 Evans Jan. 7, 1919 

